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Building Trust in Business: Best Practices in Trust, Leadership, and Collaboration

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A study of 211 business leaders across more than a dozen industries were surveyed in Spring 2009 by Interaction Associates. Participants were asked to rate their organizations’ success in achieving a variety of business goals, including customer retention, employee retention, innovation and creativity, and maintaining a competitive market position. Then, participants rated their organizations along … Continue reading →

City of the Dawn, Auroville, India – Awareness of Oneness: Seeing the Power of Unity in Action

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“The New World is not only a possibility ~ it’s happening” City of the Dawn is a remarkable documentary about a modern, universal city with 2,000 people from 40 nations who have developed innovative and inclusive solutions in every aspect of human social life: caring relationships, participative government, arts and education, architecture and building materials, … Continue reading →

Awareness into Action: The Power of Living and Working as One

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Awareness into Action: The Power of Living and Working as One, a conference held on June 27th in Chicago, IL, sponsored by New Momentum for Human Unity, explored the concepts of human unity, collaboration, leadership and the keys to sustainable, positive change. The goal of the conference was to both inspire and motivate attendees by … Continue reading →

Trust Works! Facilitator Certification Training and Solutions Integration Training – Trust Works Group

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I attended the TrustWorks! Facilitator Certification and  Solutions Integration Training in San Diego on April 21-24, 2009, sponsored by TrustWorks Group. In the three and a half day certification, I learned the ABCD’s of Trust, a behavioral model that focuses on four core elements – Able, Believable, Connected and Dependable – necessary in building a … Continue reading →

A New Day

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President-elect Barack Obama has inspired the American people to leave behind doubt, fear and cynicism, and open ourselves up to faith, hope and optimism. A world of possibilities await us. Hope Changes Everything (1:01) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLVN3Trs5VQ&NR=1 Yes We Can (4:30) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY

Walk once more in eternal sunshine

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As Election Day approaches, it is good to reflect on Senator Obama’s profound, presidential closing statement at the recent Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner: The fact that each October, in the closing weeks of a hard-fought campaign, people of all political persuasions can come to this dinner, and share a meal and honor the … Continue reading →

Ethics survey – good news and bad news

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The 2007 National Business Ethics Survey (NBES), published by the Ethics Resource Center (ERC) last November, based on a nationally representative survey of more than 3,000 employees of U.S. companies, both publicly and privately held and of varying sizes, indicates that ethical misconduct is back at pre-Enron levels. The survey revealed the following key findings: … Continue reading →

Trust and the Law of Attraction

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The Law of Attraction says that like attracts like and what you focus on expands. Therefore, trust begets more trust. Leaders who demonstrate positive values like integrity and authenticity, and who are accountable, just as employees are held accountable for their performance, will gain the trust and respect of their employees, achieve greater collaboration, teamwork … Continue reading →